Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and … - Ian Fleming

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For me, the goal is always to write a novel that I myself would like to read. People frequently ask me what my favorite book is, and in effect, there's always a capital-F Favorite, capital-B Book that I would like to write myself someday. I try to go for that ideal of writing the best, most entertaining, most beautifully written book that I possibly can.

Ian Fleming

Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.

Bored, Vices, Wake Up, Utterly, Sins, Bordom

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It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.

Betray, Enemy, Machines, Missing, Retreat, Safer

A woman should be an illusion

Illusion, Maturity, Woman, Women

I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink. It comes partly from being a bachelor, but mostly from a habit of taking a lot of trouble over details. It's very persnickety and old-maidish really, but then when I'm working I generally have to eat my meals alone and it makes them more interesting when one takes trouble.

Alone, Details, Interesting, Meals, Mostly, Ridiculous

She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me.

Desire, Explained, Found, Mountain, Raped

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon. . or God.

Full, God, People, Prison, Thinking